Ironing-board.



F. E. DAUDELIN.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. 1915.

1,170,517. Patented Feb. 8,1916.

.THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cu" WASHINGTON, D. c.

FELIX n; DAUDELIN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IRONING-IBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, thin.

Application filed June 30, 1915. Serial No. 37,260.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, FELIXE. DAUDELIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State'of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IromngB'oards, of

which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to anironing board for use 1n the customarymanner and its object is to providesuitable means for supporting the board in position for use, the construction and arrangement of the parts being such that when not in use they can be folded against the board proper so as to occupy but little space.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ironing board with a sleeve-board auxiliary to the main board, which sleeve board when not in use may be folded under the main board so as to be out of the way.

According to the present invention the head of the board is provided with means for engaging the edge of a table, a cleat, or other suitable support, while the foot of the board is supported by a leg which is adjustable in length and which is also pivoted to the under side of the board. and adapted to be placed in an upright position.

Another object of the invention is to prevent the board from warping and to this end the board is made of wood sothat the grain of the wood is lengthwise with the board and the under side of the board is provided with a plurality oflongitudinal saw-cuts or kerfs. f

The invention consists in the features of novelty that are hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawing which is made a part hereof and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing board, embodying the invention, in position for use. Fig. 2 IS a plan v1ew thereof with y a portion broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section thereof on the line 3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrow. Fig. 4: is a horizontal section of the legit-s adjustable member having the means for holding it in the desired position of lengthwise adjustment. Fig. 5 is a verticalcentral section thereof. 1 ig. 6 is a detail view showing a portion of the lower end of the brace for holding the supporting leg in vertical position.

The main board, 1, may be of customary or of any desired shape. It is made of a plank of the proper thickness so that the end of the board.

gripping action of the j aw, 10, its upper slde grain of the plank is parallel with the length of the board. At short intervals, of say an inch, the under side of the board is provided with longitudinal saw-cuts or kerfs, 2, which extend to within a short distance (say of an inch) of the top surface of the board, leaving said surface continuous throughout and uninterrupted. A. cleat, 3, is screwed to the under side of the board and extends from side to side thereof,said cleat being screwed to the board by screws, 4., or other suit-able means which passthrough it and into the board between the kerfs, 2. By these means the board is prevented from warping. Any desired number of these cleats, 3, may be used and placed wherever they can be without interfering with the movement of the parts as hereinafter described.

The board'is provided near its head end with any desired number of openings, 5, through which pass loosely threaded stems, 6, which extend upward above the top of the board and receive thumb-nuts, 7, which bear upon the top of the board, preferably through washers, 8, and which, when turned, move the stem upward or downward, according to the direction in which the thumbnut is turned. The openings, 5, are as close as may be to the cleat, 3, at the head of the board, and the stems, 6, carryat their lower ends, below the board, wings, 9, the backs of which are fiat and. are adapted to engage the flat side of the cleat so asto prevent the stem, 6, from turning. The lower end of the stem, 63, carries one j aw of a clamp, 10, which is adapted to engage the under side of the support, 11. By turning the thumbnut, 7, in onedirection, the screw stem, 6, is drawn upward and the jaw, 10, is also drawn upward into contact with the under side of the support, 11, and the support thereby clamped or gripped so as to support the head In order to increase the isserrated, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

A sleeve-board, 12, is connected to the main board, 1, by means of a pivot, 13, so that the sleeve-board may be turned about said pivot so as to bring it into position for use as shown in Fig. 2, or folded beneath the main board, when not in use, as indicated by dotted lines in said figure. In order to ac commodate the customary covering of the main board and at the same time permit the sleeve-board to move between the position shown. by full lines to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, a clearance is left between them as shown in Fig. 1; This clearance may be provided by reducing the thickness of the sleeve-board at its portion which extends outward from the main board, when in position for use as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The upper end of the leg is pivoted or hinge-jointed to the under side of the main board by any suitable means. Preferably the leg is provided with a longitudinal channel, 15, in which fits snugly but so as. to be capable of slidinglongitudinally relatively thereto, a straight portion, 16, of what may be called a leg-extension, which is preferably made oi a piece of heavy wire bent to shape and comprises a straight portion, 16, having a longitudinal slot through which pass'screws, 17, which engage the leg at the bottom of the channel and whose heads bear upon the straight portion, 16, upon opposite sides of the slot or longitudinal opening which is left between. them. The under side of this straight portion is toothed or serrated so as to increase its frictional engagement with the channeled wooden portion of the leg, 14:. The branches of the wire forming the upper portion of the so-called leg extension are spread apart so as to be substantially ofV-shape as shown by Fig. 2 and terminate in eyes, 18, that are engaged by staples, 19, driven into the under side of the main board or into a cleat, .2-0, screwed to the main board. By this arran ement, in order to lengthen or shorten the leg, the screws, 17, are loosened and the straight portion, 16, oi the leg-extension slipped in one direction or the other to shorten or lengthen the leg as desired, after which the parts are held to'their adjustment by again tightening the screws, 17. hen the leg is in position for supporting the footend of the board, it is held against accidental displacement by a brace, 21, the upper end of which is jointed to the underside o't' the board by a staple, 27, so that it is adapted to operate automatically, by gravity. This brace may consist of sheet metal having a longitudinal slot, 22, deflected laterally at its lower end, as shown at 23, to form a catch or shoulder, 24, which is adapted to automaticallyengage a pin or screw, 25, projecting laterally from the sideof the le Preferably a screw is used for this purpose, the head of the screw being suiiiciently large to span the slot, 22, and preventthe disen- Ccpies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

rovided with vertical 0 enin s near its head end, a cleat screwed to the under side of the board and having a surface adjacent to said openings, clamps having screw stems occupying said openings and extending ,above and below the main board,'thu1nbnuts turned onto the upwardly extending portions of the ste1ns,' aws carried by the lower ends of the stems, adapted to engage the under side oi a support, and flanges adjacent to said jaws and adapted to engage the cleat forpreventing the screw stems on the clamps from turning.

2. An ironing board having in combination a main board, clamps carried by the head of the board and adapted to engage a suitable support for supporting the head of the, board at the desired height and an extensible leg hinge-jointed to the under side of the main board, said leg comprising a channeled wooden section and a leg tension having a straight portion occupying the channel aforesaid and havinga longitudinal slot or opening, the underside of said straight portion being toothed or serrated, screws passing through a longitudinal slot with which said straight portion is provided, and means for hinge jointing said leg extension to the under side of the main board. 7

3. An ironing board having a main board, clamps at the head thereof adapted to clamp a suitable support for supporting the head of the board at the'desired height, and a leg hinge-jointed to the under side of the board, said leg comprising a channeled wooden section and a leg extension made of a heavy'piece of wire bent to form a straight portion occupying the channel aforesaid and having a longitudinal slot, screws passing through said slot and engaging the wooden section of theleg at thebottoin of the channel, said Wire having its upper branches spread apart and terminated in eyes, and,

staples engaging said eyes and engaging the under side of the main board.

FELIX E. DAUDELIN.

Witnesses:

L. M. HorKINs, LILLIAN F.'KI1 \*NU0AN.

Washington, D. Gi" 

